Antonyms for persistency

Grammar : Noun

Spell : per-sis-tuh ns, -zis-

Phonetic Transcription : pərˈsɪs təns, -ˈzɪs-

Definition of persistency

Origin : 1540s, from Middle French persistance, from persistant "lasting, enduring, permanent," from Latin persistentem (nominative persistens), present participle of persistere (see persist). Often spelled persistance 16c. Related: Persistency.

noun insistence
noun continuation

Example sentences :

This persistency had struck the savant, and he asked a mutual friend to introduce him.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

And she had already begun to have some knowledge of the persistency of his character.
Extract from : « Kept in the Dark » by Anthony Trollope

The judge and the lookers-on were puzzled by this persistency.
Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller

This hint at MacLachlan's persistency exasperated me the more.
Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro

Perhaps all this may account for the persistency with which I sat in my open window.
Extract from : « The Bronze Hand » by Anna Katharine Green (Mrs. Charles Rohlfs)

But once—having the persistency of the needy—Abi Hafsa scored.
Extract from : « A Boswell of Baghdad » by E. V. Lucas

She had some of her mother's persistency, and was not readily controlled.
Extract from : « Mr. Kris Kringle » by S. Weir Mitchell

In spite of Mr. Gallatin's persistency no advance was made in the negotiation.
Extract from : « Albert Gallatin » by John Austin Stevens

Some amusing stories are told of the persistency with which he hunted for orders.
Extract from : « American Men of Mind » by Burton E. Stevenson

No less remarkable than the persistency of the mores is their changeableness and variation.
Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

Synonyms for persistency

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